X's and O's: An Ongoing Discussion of the Exquisite Art of Basketball

[DanSchwartzgan]

https://youtu.be/hI8wq7vUxoo

I find this fascinating. This is a drastically different system than the one Carlisle ran, which was what they (under the direction of Korkoskov, I'm betting) got back to about halfway through last season to get headed back in the right direction. 

It's easy to understand then why the offense has looked bad at times, so far. It's not just Wood and McGee who are learning a new offense, it's ALL OF THEM. When the guys break the video down you can see the intent behind some of this design. Of special interest is that the Luka iso stuff seems to be the SECOND or THIRD option during most of these concepts, which means that maybe the reason we've been seeing so much of that is that the team just isn't very good (yet) at creating space for the first or second options. In theory, this should improve as they gain more comfort in the system, and just maybe games like last night, when the ball was moving around constantly, are an early indication of that improvement. 

Here's hoping.

This is excellent!